Combined closure and pouring spout



Dec. 31, 1929. H. BRUCKER COMBINED CLOSURE AND POURING SPOUT Filed Sept. 25. 1928 IN NTOR I ATTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 31, 1929 "UNrrn n stares PATENT .orrics HENRY BRUCKER, F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN ALUMINUM -WARE 00., A GORPGRATIONOF NEW JERSEY COMBINED CLOSURE AND POURING SPOUT Application filed September 25, .1928. Serial No. 308,156.

, into the container to serve as a closure for an opening therein and can be swung outwardly to form a spout for pouring the contents of the receptacle through said opening.

One object of the invention is to provide a closure and pouring spout of the general character described embodying novel and improved features of construction whereby a secure hinged attachment of the spout to the receptacle may be obtained and the spout attached to the receptacle by a simple single operation.

Other objects are to provide a closure and pouring spout of this character which requires a minimum amount of material for its construction; to provide such a device having a novel and improved form of hinged connection for attaching the spout to the receptacle and to obtain other advantages and results as will be more fully broughtout by the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference characters designate corresponding and like parts,

Figure 1 is a top plan View of a receptacle having a pouring spout embodying my invention applied thereto and shown in closed position.

Figure 2 is a similar View showing the spout in open position.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken 'on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a similar view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a sectional view through the container taken on the line 55 of Figure 2 and showing the closure and spout in side elevation and and bent along a radial line 2 to form two portions 3 and 4, each of which is substantially a quarter sector the plane of which is arranged at approximately right angles to the plane ofthe other. At the outerend of the straightside of one portion, in the present instance the portion 4, isiformed anintegral hook 5 which is offset from the plane of the portion as at-6 and extends inwardly toward the other portion?) as at 7. The correspondingedge of the other portion 3 has a substantially right angular integral flange 8.

The container 9 to which the spout isto be attached has a polygonal outlet opening 11 one side of which is extendedin the form of a slot 12. Inalignment withtheadjacent side 13 of the opening which is at substantially right angles to the first mentioned side, is an opening 14 of a sizeto receive the shank portion 6 of. the hook 5. i

The closure and spout is applied to the con tainer bylpressing the flange 8 thereof against the wall :10 of the container adjacent the slot 12 and simultaneously inserting theend of thehook 5 into the opening '14 with a sliding motion of 'the spout-toward the slot 12, as indicated bydot and dash lines in Figure 5. This actioncauses the flange 8 to slip through the slot 12-and into engagement with the inside of the wall 10 and at the same time the hook 5 is caused to pass through the opening 14: with the end thereof in engagement with the inner side of the walllO, as shown by solid lines in Figure 5. The hook 5 and the end of the flELDgBSHBXiJ adjacent the portion 4 of the spout thus serve as a hinge connection forattaching the spout to the container, and the spout may be swung inwardly and outwardly of the container about the said hook and end of saidflange as an axis, the portion 3 serving as a guide. pressed inwardly of thecontainer the portion 4 overlies the opening .ll'flat against the outside of the wall 10, as shown in Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings,-so as to close said opening, Whereas when the spout is swung outwardly the opening 11 is uncovered and the two portions 3 and .4: cooperate to form a pouring spout as clearly shown in-Figures 2 and at of thedrawings. The flange '8 serves to limit When the spout is outward swinging of the spout by engagement with the inner side of the wall 10.

The particular construction and arrangement of the hook 5 and flange 8 with respect to each other and to the portions 3 and 4, enable the manufacture of the device with a minimum of waste material and the application of the device to a container with a single simple operation above described, whereby the cost of manufacture and assembly is much smaller than with other known forms of spouts.

It is desirable to provide means for yieldingly holding the spout in open and closed positions and for this purpose I may form the portion 3 with projections 15 and 16 preferably pressed from the metal and adapted to engage the outer and inner sides of the wall 10 adjacent the slot 12 to retain the spout in open and closed positions, respectively. The resiliency of the portion of the wall adjacent the slot will permit said projections to slip into and out of the slot as the spout is moved from closed to open position and vice versa.

I am aware of such constructions as shown by Patents Nos. 1,37 5,7 25 dated April 26, 1921 and 1,347,446 dated July 20, 1920, and do not desire to be understood as attempting to claim such constructions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination with a container wall having a polygonal pouring opening having two adjacent sides at substantially right angles to each other, a slot forming an extension ofione of said two sides of said opening, and a hole in alinement with the other of said two sides, of a pouring spout comprising two quarter-sector shaped portions arranged at right angles to each other, one of which has on its straight edge an integral hinge hook in a plane parallel to that of said portion and with its shank extending through said hole and its end extending toward the other portion substantially parallel to said straight edge in engagement with the inner side of said container wall, the second-mentioned portion extending through said slot and having a hinge flange on its straight edge at substantially right angles to the plane thereof in engagemept with the inner side of said container wa l.

2. The combination with a container wall having a polygonal pouring opening having two adjacent sides at substantially right a11- gles to each other, a slot forming an extension of one of said two sides of said opening and a hole in alinement with the other of said two sides, of a pouring spout comprising two quarter-sector shaped portions arranged at right angles to each other, one of which has on its straight edge an integral hinge hook in a plane parallel to that of said portion and with its shank extending through said hole and its end extending toward the other portion subct'v l leqpe 1 e y HENRY BRUCKER. 

